HMAS Archer (P 86)
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsHMAS Archer (P 86) was an Template:Sclass of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Later it entered service with the Indonesian Navy as KRI Siliman (848).
Design and construction
Template:Main The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats, replacing a variety of old patrol, search-and-rescue, and general-purpose craft. The design was developed based on lessons learned from the use of Template:Sclass2s for patrol duties off Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation.<ref name=Gillett86/> Initially, nine boats were ordered for the RAN, with another five for Papua New Guinea's Australian-run coastal security force. Subsequently, another six ships were ordered which brought the class to 20 vessels.<ref name=Gillett86/> The class had a displacement of 100 tons at standard load and 146 tons at full load, were Template:Convert in length overall, had a beam of Template:Convert, and draughts of Template:Convert at standard load, and Template:Convert at full load.<ref name=Gillett86>Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 86</ref><ref name=Janes68>Blackman (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69, p. 18</ref> Propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied Template:Convert to the two propellers.<ref name=Gillett86/><ref name=Janes68/> The vessels could achieve a top speed of Template:Convert, and had a range of Template:Convert at Template:Convert.<ref name=Gillett86/><ref name=Janes68/> The ship's company consisted of three officers and sixteen sailors.<ref name=Janes68/> Main armament was a bow-mounted Bofors 40 mm gun, supplemented by two .50-calibre M2 Browning machine guns and various small arms.<ref name=Gillett86/><ref name=Janes68/> The ships were designed with as many commercial components as possible: the class were to operate in remote regions of Australia and New Guinea, and needed to be able to utilise locally available mechanical components.<ref name=ANMM>The patrol boat, Australian National Maritime Museum</ref>
Archer was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland,<ref name=Gillett87>Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 87</ref> launched on 2 December 1967Template:Citation needed and commissioned on 15 May 1968.<ref name=Gillett87/>
Operational history
Archer paid off on 21 October 1974. She was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed KRI Siliman,<ref name=Saunders20112012>Template:Cite book</ref> and was listed in Jane's Fighting Ships as still operational in 2011.<ref name=Saunders20112012/>
According to reports by Janes, Siliman sank due to engine fire while moored off the Port of Belawan, North Sumatra on the night of 28 September 2025. All 21 crew members were rescued.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>